sectarianism.
Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.
Meaning & usage
Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.
They were discussing sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis.
A political system in which power is shared among religious sects based on a constitutional formula distributing public offices among these sects.
In Lebanese sectarianism, one half of the members of parliament are Christians and the other half are Muslims.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English sectarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English sectarianism From sectarian + -ism.
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